‘No more Bazball’: Muhammad Rizwan’s video from behind the stumps goes viral

The final and deciding match of the 3-Test series between Pakistan and England is underway in Rawalpindi. In this decisive match, England won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan, but they were dismissed for 267 runs.

Sajid Khan took six, while Noman Ali took three wickets for Pakistan.

England’s aggressive strategy, popularly known as ‘Baseball’, also seems to be failing as half of England’s team returned to the pavilion for 267 runs.

A video of the match is also going viral on social media, in which Harry Brooke gets out after scoring five runs, then Muhammad Rizwan says ‘No more Baz-ball’.

The English team has been famous for playing baseball and cricket for the last 2 years. Be it social media or news headlines, this word has been attributed to the England cricket team.

What is the term ‘Bazball?

The basic meaning of the word Bazball is to make quick runs with the aim of winning the test matches. England’s cricket team ushered in a new era of Test cricket under coach Brendon McCullum from New Zealand.

The former Kiwi batsman’s new thinking has apparently changed the way the longest format of the game is played.

In 2022, the England Cricket Board appointed McCullum as the head coach of the English team and Ben Stokes as the captain. After this, the English team changed its strategy by completely changing the style of the traditional Test match to an aggressive playing style in the Test matches.

While the batsmen used to bat slowly in the Test match, now the English team has changed this style and started batting fast and has taken the run rate to 4-5 runs per over.

The England team has adopted the style of playing fast in Test cricket, so aggressive play in Test cricket is now called ‘Baseball’.